Jay Delp Mystery Books in Order

A teenager’s death on an Ocean Springs beach first appears to be an overdose until the police chief learns her baby is missing. Following the child’s trail exposes exploitation beneath the town’s quiet surface, testing his efforts to rebuild both department and family life.

Returning home to care for his father, police chief Jay Delp faces a woman’s body beneath a Gulf Coast bridge. Investigating longstanding local violence brings resistance from officials concerned with appearances, while limited resources and his own history complicate the search for a killer.

A body recovered from the bayou draws police chief Jay Delp into a murder investigation that reaches powerful people in Ocean Springs. The case threatens to cross from local politics into his own life, exposing secrets the close-knit coastal community has long kept submerged.